MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647025349 A) filed by Suqian Reliance Import & Export Co. Ltd., Jiangsu, China, on March 3, for 'glass evacuated tube solar water heater capable of producing distilled water.'

Inventor(s) include Zhang, Xuexiang; and Zhao, Zhonghua.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to the technical field of solar water heaters. Provided is a glass evacuated tube solar water heater capable of producing distilled water. The glass evacuated tube solar water heater comprises an outer water tank, a plurality of upward glass evacuated heat collector tubes being communicatedly provided on the outer water tank, one end of each glass evacuated heat collector tube being provided with an opening while the other end thereof being sealed. The outer water tank is provided with a water outlet and a water inlet; a guide tube is provided in each glass evacuated heat collector tube, and the upper end of the guide tube is close to the sealed end of the glass evacuated heat collector tube and has a gap with the sealed end of the glass evacuated heat collector tube; the lower end of the guide tube is connected to an inner water tank, the inner water tank being provided with a water outlet; the water level in the glass evacuated heat collector tube is lower than the upper end of the guide tube, and after being heated and vaporized by solar energy, water in the glass evacuated heat collector tube flows into the inner water tank through the guide tube. The present invention can produce distilled water and achieves a simple and reasonable structural design."

The patent application was internationally filed on July 18, 2024, under International application No.PCT/CN2024/106062.

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